Stonefly Tying Instructions

TYING INSTRUCTIONS
Evolution™ Stonefly
This realistic looking stone fly pattern was inspired by Kauffman’s Stonefly and is tied in a very similar way.
The profile of this popular, proven stonefly pattern is now enhanced by using an Evolution™ Stonefly tungsten
beadhead and using barred rubber legs to create more action as the fly drifts across the river bed.
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MATERIALS
EVOLUTION STONEFLY
Hook
Bead*
Thread
lead‐wire
Rib
Antenna
Tail
Wingcase
Abdomen
Thorax
Legs
Brown
Fly Color
Curved Nymph/Stonefly hook 3XL
#6
#8
#10
Evolution Stonefly Size: L Size: M
Size: S
Brown
bead color
Brown
Thread
std
lead‐wire
Brown
Vinyl D‐Rib (Small or Midge size)
Brown
Goose Biots
Brown
Goose Biots
Brown
Turkey
Dark Hares Ear
*Hareline HARE'S EAR PLUS DUBBIN
Dark Hares Ear
*Hareline HARE'S EAR PLUS DUBBIN
barred rubber legs
barred rubber legs (brown/black)
Black
#8
#10
Size: M Size: S
Black
Black
std
Brown
Black
Black
Black
Black
Black
barred rubber legs
#6
Size: L
Gold
#8
#10
Size: M Size: S
Gold
Gold
std
Brown
Tan
Tan
Tan
Gold
Gold
barred rubber legs
#6
Size: L
STEP-BY-STEP TYING INSTRUCTIONS
These instructions are for the Golden
Stonefly variation.
Slip the Evolution™ beadhead onto the
hook and position hook in vise.
Slip the beadhead out of the way to the
back of the hook.
Attach your tying thread directly behind
the eye of the hook and make several
thread wraps as shown.
Select two goose biots to use for the
front antennae.
Tie in the goose biot antennae at the
hook eye.
Tie-off your thread and cut your thread.
Slip the Stonefly beadhead forward to
the front of the hook. Position it over the
tie-in point of the goose biot antennae.
Re-attach your tying thread directly
behind the beadhead.
Wrap a thick base layer of thread over
the entire length of the hook shank as
shown.
Tie two straight lengths of lead-free wire
on both sides of the hook shank to
create a flat, broad stonefly body profile.
The length of each wire is about 2/3
(two-thirds) the length of the hook shank.
TOP VIEW
Tie two straight lengths of lead-free wire
on both sides of the hook shank to
create a flat, broad stonefly body profile.
Push the wire ends inside the beadhead
on both sides and cover completely with
your tying thread.
TOP VIEW
Cover the lead wire completely with
thread and move your thread to the
back.
It should look like this.
Tie in a length of D-Rib for the ribbing of
the abdomen.
Once tied in, the D-Rib should be
positioned underneath the hook shank
as shown (this keeps it out of the way
while you are tying in the tail.)
Use a small amount of dubbing and wrap
a small “dubbing ball” at the point where
you intend to tie in the goose biot tails.
Now the “dubbing ball” is in place…go
ahead and tie-in two goose biots to
create the tail of the stonefly.
Select two goose biots for the tail and tie
them in.
TOP VIEW
The tail is now tied in and should look
like this.
Dub a nice thick, “shaggy” abdomen.
The abdomen is approximately half the
hook length.
Rib the fly by wrapping the v-rib forward
in the opposite direction to how you
dubbed the abdomen.
Tie off the v-rib.
The next step is to dub the thorax part of
the fly which includes adding 3 wingcases and some rubber legs.
Select a length of mottled turkey feather
and cut a V-shaped notch on one end to
imitate the shape of a stonefly wingcase.
Tie in the 1st wing-case as shown.
Secure in place with 3 or 4 tight thread
wraps.
The tight pressure of the thread wraps
on the feather wing-case will cause it to
lift slightly off the body of the fly.
Make several wraps of dubbing over the
thread wraps. This covers up the thread
wraps and starts building out the thorax
section of the fly.
Trim off the excess turkey feather.
Repeat the same process to create the
2nd Wing-case.
Tie in the turkey feather wing case and
then dub over the thread wraps.
Now it is time to add a set of barred
rubber legs to the fly.
Select a single strand of barred rubber
legs.
On one side of the fly…tie in a single
strand of barred rubber legs in front of
the 2nd wing-case as shown.
Secure in place with several tight thread
wraps.
Do exactly the same on the opposite
side of the fly.
Tie in a single strand of barred rubber
legs in front of the 2nd wing-case as
shown.
On each side…you should now have a
set of back legs and a set of front legs.
Use 3 or 4 dubbing wraps…to dub over
the section of the thorax where you have
tied in the rubber legs.
This dubbing will cover up the tie-in point
of the rubber legs and build out the
thorax area.
TOP VIEW
The next step is to tie-in the 3rd and final
wing-case of the fly.
As before, select a length of mottled
turkey feather and cut a V-shaped notch
on one end to imitate the shape of a
stonefly wing-case.
Tie-in the 3rd wing-case as you did
previously for the 1st and 2nd wing-cases.
Dub over your thread-wraps and then
dub forwards in front of the rubber legs
and directly behind the beadhead.
Whip finish and tie-off your thread.
Add head cement to your thread wraps.
Trim off any excess dubbing fibers.
Trim the back legs so that they are equal
length as shown.
Trim the front legs so that they are equal
length as shown.
The Evolution™ Stonefly is now
complete!
Go and catch a big fish!